Oaths

Floyd Dotson (left), Director of Administrative Services, Department of the Interior, swears-in Arthur E. Demaray (center) as Director of the National Park Service while Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman looks on. From: Oscar Chapman Scrapbook

John L. Sullivan being sworn in as Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Air aboard the aircraft carrier U.S.S. Shangri-La. The Naval officer is unidentified.

Oscar Chapman being sworn in as Secretary of the Interior. Pictured, left to right: Julius A. Krug, former Secretary of the Interior; Oscar Chapman; Mrs. Ann Chapman; Chief Justice Fred Vinson. From: Oscar Chapman Scrapbook

Oscar Chapman (left) is sworn in as Secretary of the Interior by Chief Justice Fred Vinson (right) while Mrs. Ann Chapman looks on. From: Oscar Chapman Scrapbook

From left to right: Assistant Secretary of the Interior William Warne; Assistant Secretary of the Interior C. Girard Davidson; Former Secretary of the Interior Julius Krug; Mrs. Ann Chapman; and Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman in the Secretary's office after Chapman's swearing in ceremony. People in background unidentified. From: Oscar Chapman Scrapbook

Former Secretary of the Interior Julius Krug (third from right) congratulates Oscar Chapman (right) after being sworn in as Secretary of the Interior. Also pictured: Assistant Secretary of the Interior William Warne (left); Assistant Secretary of the Interior C. Girard Davidson (second from left); and Mrs. Ann Chapman (second from right). Woman in background is unidentified. From: Oscar Chapman Scrapbook

Chief Justice Fred Vinson (right) swears in Tom C. Clark (left) as Associate Supreme Court Justice as President Harry S. Truman (center) looks on. Also pictured: Secretary of the Treasury John Snyder (behind Truman, left); and Secretary of Defense Louis Johnson (behind Truman, right, mostly obscured). From: Oscar Chapman Scrapbook

Former Secretary of the Interior Julius Krug (center) and Chief Justice Fred Vinson (right) congratulate Oscar Chapman after being sworn in as Secretary of the Interior. From: Oscar Chapman Scrapbook

President Harry S. Truman (third from right) congratulates Tom C. Clark (second from left) on being sworn in as Associate Supreme Court Justice. From left to right: Secretary of Commerce Charles Sawyer; Clark; Secretary of State Dean Acheson; Vice President Alben Barkley; Secretary of the Treasury John Snyder; Speaker of the House Sam Rayburn; President Truman; Secretary of Defense Louis Johnson; and Chief Justice Fred Vinson.

John O'Donnell (second from right) is sworn in as a Commissioner of the Philippine War Damage Commission. Also pictured: Under Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman (left); Judge Richmond B. Keech (second from left); and Joaquin M. Elizalde, Filipino Ambassador to the United States. From: Oscar Chapman Scrapbook